Economic and Social Changes 1924-41 incomplete Flashcards
three reasons for stalin changing agriculture
political, economic and ideological
political reason for changing agriculture
stalin wanted more control over the countryside and to defeat bukharin who supported the NEP
economic reason for changing agriculture
money gained by selling grain abroad could pay for rapid industrialisation and attempt to modernise farming
ideological reason for changing agriculture
stalin feared peasants were ‘little capitalists’ needed to be brought under control. idea popular among workers, who felt peasants were getting more from the revolution than they were.
marxist belief on human development
highest stage was when countries industrialised and factories produced large amounts of goods
marxist belief on society
rural society would be replaced by urban society, where most people lived in town and cities and worked in factories
marxist belief on property